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原版英文绘本分享之My Mum is Beautiful

(2016-03-21 12:55:14)
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育儿原版英语绘本分享

原版英文绘本分享之My Mum is Beautiful

 

在这本书中,除了很出彩的颜色搭配跟生动的眼神交流外,Jessica Spanyol用她温暖诙谐的语言和温情的画面捕捉妈妈和孩子之间很多精彩瞬间,从一只小熊的视角,道出了在小朋友心中爱是什么。书中的场景是每个家庭都会遇到的,对妈妈来说是简单的日常行为,对小朋友来说却意义非凡,无处不体现出妈妈深沉的爱,甜蜜而感人!

猪仔特别喜欢这本书,最近睡觉老是要我读给他听。特别是看到小熊的妈妈洗澡竟然用小熊的橡胶小鸭子,看到小熊帮他妈妈扫地,看到小熊小心翼翼地泡茶,看到小熊妈妈允许他去踩水,小熊妈妈带着他拿面包去喂小鸭,小熊妈妈跟他一起暖暖地挤进小毯子里面,看到小熊穿着妈妈的拖鞋那个滑稽搞笑,看到小熊妈妈帮他穿衣服,看到小熊妈妈帮他穿衣服……这是多么熟悉的画面,几乎都在他身边重复着,猪仔每次读这本书就像他在跟妈妈一起做这些有趣的事情一样,满满的幸福!

 

About the Author作者简介

Jessica Spanyol is the creator of a series of books about “Carlo the inquisitive giraffe”, as well as “Go Bugs Go!” and “Little Neighbours of Sunnyside Street”, both of which also feature the fun-loving MiniBugs. She has had many different jobs as an artist- in many different places. From schools to theatres- but “Making books for children,” she says ,” is by far the best fun ”. She studied for an MA in illustration at the Royal College of Art and has since staged exhibitions and designed installations and sets, winning several awards for her work. She has previously been a winner of the Practical Pre-School Awards. Jessica Spanyol lives in London with her husband and three children.

 

Jessica Spanyol 创作过很多儿童绘本,如“Carlo the inquisitive giraffe” “Go Bugs Go!” “Little Neighbours of Sunnyside Street”,她曾经是一名艺术家,工作场所从学校到剧院都有。但是她说“她觉得最有乐趣的事就是创作儿童绘本”。她的作品获得过很多奖项,曾经获得实用学前教育奖。

 

Let me tell you all the ways I love my mum...My mum is beautiful because she points out tiny things in books to me. In her newest picture book, Jessica Spanyol succeeds in capturing, with great warmth and humour, the wonderful bond between a mother and a child. Told from the perspective of a small bear, this book encapsulates how love is measured in a child's mind: a gesture so simple can mean so very much. It is a companion title to "My Dad Is Beautiful". These two books are the perfect gifts for Father's Day and Mother's Day. With beautiful art, Jessica has created a lively and charming world for her characters, infused with contemporary patterns and humorous details. The book's simplicity and vibrancy will enchant young children and parents alike, no doubt establishing itself as a firm bedtime favourite.

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My Mum is beautiful because she likes my pictures.我妈妈很漂亮因为她很喜欢我的画。

 

解读

What is she drawing? Is it a bird, or a flying bear?

And what are those on these pictures? (Point at the pictures on the fridge) They are dinosaur, dog(or horse), a girl, double-deckerbus, a tree and many fallen leaves.

She really likes drawing and she is good at drawing.
The small bear is standing on a chair and drawing a picture. She is very serious, and she has finished many works. Her mum treasures her pictures, cares for them and puts them up on the fridge

熊妈妈的收藏方式——把画粘贴在冰箱上,确实是大多数妈妈可以借鉴的方式,一来可以鼓励小朋友对画画的兴趣,增强自信心,二来将这些作品留存起来等他大一点再看,多么有纪念意义!


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My Mum is beautiful because she helps me sweep up.我妈妈很漂亮因为她帮我打扫。

 

解读分析

In the yard, the small bear is sitting on the floor and playing with the fallen leaves. Some leaves are hanging on the trees, some are on the ground, some are dancing in the wind.是秋天来了吧,树叶都掉下来了。妈妈在扫树叶呢。

 

这里可以讲一下四季的知识

There are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, autumn orfalland winter.

In spring, the blooming trees and flowers make the city bright with colors.

In summer, the sun is the hottest, we can enjoy cold foods and juicy fruits, and we like swimming in the pool.

In autumn, the yellow leaves of the old trees fall down to the ground, just like some lovely butterfly, meanwhile the crops on the farm begin to mature. Autumn means harvest period.

In winter, we can make a snowman, and throw snowballs and ski.

What’s your favourite season?

Do youlike summer or winter?

I like summer. It is hot in summner. It is sunny in summer. I like hot and sunny weather.

I like winter. It is cold in winter. It is snowy in winter. I like cold and snowy weather.


Tipshelp sb do sth 帮忙做什么事

 

日常对话经常用到。比如:

Can you help me get my mobilephone?

Can you help me sweep up ?

Can you help me clean the closets?

 

Mommy bear is sweeping up the fallen leaves, piling up and then loading into the box. 实际上,是熊妈妈在打扫院子里的树叶,而小熊只是在玩耍吧。可是在小熊看来,妈妈让她帮忙打扫树叶是件多么美妙的事情!

 

细心的读者有没有发现这个画面上还有两只很可爱的蜗牛呢?猪仔早早发现了,还说,One is mommy snail, the other is baby snail.

我真觉得小朋友特别棒,观察能力强啊,每次读绘本都会有新发现,也吸引着他乐此不疲地听,而我能做的就是不厌其烦地讲了。

The mommy snail is walking with baby snail on the fence.

We often walk together at fine nights, sometimes in the garden, sometimes in the square, sometimes in the nearby school.

小朋友都乐意在外面玩,而不愿意关在家里。每次在外面碰到其他年纪相仿的小朋友,那更加玩得乐不思蜀,不愿回家
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My Mum is beautiful because she has my toys in her bath. 我的妈妈很漂亮因为她和我的玩具一起洗澡。

 

The little bear is having his rubber ducking swimming in the water while his mother is having a bath. What else we will have for the bath? frog,sailing boat, fuzzy chicken, comb, littl toy fish...the bath towel needs to be prepared as well. Let's have some bath cream, shampoo then twist the body and hair.

 

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My Mum is beautiful because she lets me jumping in puddles.我的妈妈很漂亮因为她让我在水坑里跳跃玩耍。

Mum is talking on the phone and the small bear is jumping in puddles. How funny!

猪仔一听到jumping in the puddles, 就以为是 jumping in muddy puddles. 猪仔还纠正我说是muddy puddles,于是我解释给他听,在浑浊的泥巴坑里跳,就是jumping in muddy puddles。你看,这个熊宝宝是在水坑里跳,应该是雨天过后还未晒干的水坑,这个水坑里的水很清澈,所以就叫jumping in puddles.

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My Mum is beautiful because she has tea with teddy.我的妈妈很漂亮因为她和泰迪熊一起喝茶。

小熊端着茶盘子里面放着茶壶和茶杯,她小心翼翼地走着。妈妈和泰迪熊在一个小房间里面,面对面坐着,旁边的茶几上还放着餐盘。Oh, the baby bear is working like a waitress, and she is to serve customers at their tables with tea. The mommy bear is staring at her.

妈妈和小熊一起玩过家家的游戏,这应该是很多小朋友都爱的游戏吧。Andy有段时间特别爱在家学奶奶做饭,让我坐在沙发上,他装模作样的在厨房里拿着勺子和碗炒菜,然后端过来问我香不香?那句 It smell good oh, it looks delicious and yummy. 就是那时候学会的呢。

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My Mum is beautiful because she snuggles with me.我的妈妈很漂亮因为她和我依偎在一起。

妈妈和小熊一起依偎在小小的毯子下,让小熊觉得很温暖。地上零星散落着各种玩具car, comb, book, cuddly toy, teapot, teacup.画面很温馨。

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My Mum is beautiful because she takes me to the café.我的妈妈很漂亮因为她带我去咖啡厅。

 

The baby bear and mommy bear are sitting at the table enjoy their afternoon tea, a bottle of juicy and a chocolate cupcake for baby bear, a cup of coffee for mommy bear.

在咖啡店或甜品店里,在橱柜里陈列的物品基本都类似。

Chocolate cupcake巧克力蛋糕杯, Cream sandwich cake夹心奶油蛋糕, tiramisu 提拉米苏, Cappuccino卡布其诺, CheeseCake, Sponge Cake 海绵蛋糕, Chiffon Cake 戚风蛋糕, Vanilla Cream Cake 香草奶油蛋糕, Black Forest Cake 黑森林蛋糕

咖啡店里的甜品太多,这里就不一一举例了。

 

咖啡厅里可以和小朋友玩扮演店员和顾客的角色,猪仔喜欢当老板卖东西,我自然就是顾客啦。

How much is it? 多少钱? One hundred dollars, please/ fifty cents, please.

How much in all? 一共多少钱?How much should I pay?


下面这些对话偏难一点,但是妈妈们掌握了,照样可以和小朋友聊起来。

What would you like to drink? 你想喝点什么?

It’s my treat today. 今天我请客。(It's on me.)

Oh, waiter! 喂,服务生!

Two coffees, please。请来两杯咖啡。

I’ll have a small cappuccino。我想要一小杯卡布奇诺咖啡。

Give me a decaf, please。请给我杯无咖啡因的咖啡。

A black coffee for me and a white one for her。我要一杯不加奶的咖啡,她要一杯加奶的。

No cream。不要奶油。

Cream and sugar。要加奶油和糖。

Make it strong。味道要浓烈一些。

I’d like a large one。我要大杯的。

Just coffee for the moment。暂时只要咖啡。

The coffee here is perfect。这里的咖啡很棒。

Is the coffee all right? 这咖啡还行吗?


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My Mum is beautiful because we go shopping together.我妈妈很漂亮因为我们一起逛街。

In this store, there are many beautiful goods, hat, scarf, hand bags, dress, shirt, shoes.在每件商品上都挂着价签price tag

能有个愿意一起逛街一起臭美的孩子,真的是太棒了。是小女孩妈妈的就都偷着乐吧。我家的小男生是不乐意逛街的也不臭美的。

 


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My Mum is beautiful because she feeds the ducks with me.我妈妈很漂亮因为她和我一起喂鸭子。

小朋友都喜欢小动物,Andy就经常拿着面包和馒头喂金鱼,上个月去动物园还喂了天鹅的。They feeds the ducks with bread


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My Mum is beautiful because she laughs when I wear her slippers.我妈妈很漂亮因为当我穿她的拖鞋时她会哈哈大笑。

女人最懂女人,我想每个女人小时候都有这样的举动吧。喜欢偷偷穿妈妈的衣服,戴妈妈的项链,背妈妈的包,涂妈妈的口红,穿妈妈的高跟鞋,想象自己已经长得跟妈妈一样大,就可以做大人的事情,穿大人的漂亮衣服了。

The baby bear is wearing mommy’s slippers, obviously, they’re too big for her. The mommy bear is sitting on the bed and reading a book. When she sees the baby bear strange way of walking, she laughs.

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My Mum is beautiful because she really loves me. 我妈妈很漂亮因为她真的很爱我。

When night falls, come out the star and the moon, it’s time for bed, mommy bear is helping baby bear bath and put on her pajamas.

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My Mum is the most beautiful mum in the whole world. 我妈妈是世界上最漂亮的妈妈.

Mum is reading bedtime story to the baby bear, they hug and snuggle together. Four toys are sleeping on the bed.

窗外皎洁的月光照着屋里这温馨的画面,每日睡前故事时间妈妈会耐心的给小熊读绘本讲故事。Just like what we do.

这个绘本用生活中最常见的熟悉场景让我们重温和小宝贝在一起的快乐时光,采用简单重复句式,以小熊的口吻道出了妈妈的形象。虽是点滴小事,却轻松引起妈妈的共鸣。画画、打扫卫生、玩游戏、过家家、踩水、去咖啡厅、去逛街、给小动物喂食、睡前换衣服、睡前故事,真的是日常生活中再琐碎不过的画面。不是这本书,我可能根本没有留意到这些小小的不经意的动作会在小宝贝心中留下多么温暖和幸福的感受。妈妈们读了这本书,一定会跟我有同样的感受吧。

其实我觉得这本书更应该是一本教育绘本。它教作为妈妈的我们如何与小孩相处,如何以适当的方式爱孩子。

当小孩画出各种奇形怪状的图画,你会嗤之以鼻置之不理,还是郑重其事的当奖状一般贴起来?

当你在打扫卫生时,是否会允许你的孩子来帮倒忙?他可能会用脏手摸刚擦干净的玻璃,用脏鞋子踩刚拖好的地,你是会大发雷霆还是欣然接受?

你是否陪孩子一起踩水,一起玩过家家游戏?

你是否会带他一起去咖啡厅,带他去逛街,把他当你的朋友一样,征求他的意见?

陪伴小孩是一门学问,孩子要求并不高,和孩子在一起,要以诚相待,要把他当朋友,关怀他,对他的每一个举动,多一份体谅和理解,并由衷地分享他的快乐,感受他的不开心。很多新鲜事物,保证安全的前提下,尽量让他去尝试,让他帮忙分担,信任他,我想每个小孩都会很快乐,很知足,很自信。

还记得有一次,我在家里收拾东西时,猪仔非要帮忙,奶奶不让,但是我仍然坚持跟他一起,他高兴地和我一起擦柜子,还很认真地对我说“谢谢!”他觉得我能让他帮我一起干家务活,信任他,心里是多么知足。特别是当他干完活,我夸他You’re mother hands。他那自豪的神情!妈妈很开心很轻松,因为有猪仔帮忙收拾所有的玩具。猪仔很久了还记得,一直说:"妈妈你很开心对吗?因为我帮你收拾了玩具!"

和孩子在一起的每一刻,孩子并不会那么顺从妈妈。跟小孩朝夕相处的妈妈,难免会有情绪失控的时候,不必苛责自己要对孩子完全不生气 。重要的是,你生气发怒时,不要让孩子感受不到你的爱。没有爱的管教是可怕的。尤其孩子在被责骂时,往往会误以为你的爱有条件:要乖乖听话、要按妈妈的要求去做……这样,妈妈才会爱我,否则妈妈就会不爱我、骂我。

有段时间,猪仔每天早晨起床不让我上班,不让我穿衣服,哭着闹着喊着,我真的很不理解,然后我找了很多育儿书籍看,很多育儿专家给我指明了方向,那就是无条件的爱孩子。抛开面子、尊严、虚荣,只为了真正的爱孩子。无论在任何情况下,都让孩子感受到妈妈无条件的爱。如此,安全感才得以建立。我尝试着控制自己的情绪,并对他的依恋表示理解,承诺下班后一定早回家陪他,出门前必定会抱着他,让轻声细语换来了他的理解,不再吵闹,不再泪眼婆娑。

猪仔属于那种很急很急的性格,一稍微有点不顺着他,他就喜欢发脾气。有时还跟我对着干,往往搞到我要抓狂了,甚至大声去喝他,不理他,但事后发现他的一些看似无理的要求其实是他的坚持和在他的眼睛里这就是很正常的。就像这个绘本里描述的,你是否能感受到他的感受?是否能达到共情?这一点很重要。孩子的出发点都是天真的,妈妈多思考,多反省,自然能找到调解办法。

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最后一页上,是那对蜗牛妈妈和蜗牛宝宝。他们爬上了枝头。这让我立刻联想到最近比较火的一本育儿书《牵着蜗牛去散步》。相信很多妈妈都已经看过了吧。这个绘本的内容正好与这本书的内容讲述了一样的道理。

上帝给我一个任务

  叫我牵一只蜗牛去散步。

  我不能走太快,

  蜗牛已经尽力爬,为何每次总是那么一点点?

  我催它,我唬它,我责备它,

  蜗牛用抱歉的眼光看着我,

  彷佛说:“人家已经尽力了嘛!”

  我拉它,我扯它,甚至想踢它,

  蜗牛受了伤,它流着汗,喘着气,往前爬…

  真奇怪,为什么上帝叫我牵一只蜗牛去散步?

  “上帝啊!为什么?”

  天上一片安静。

  “唉!也许上帝抓蜗牛去了!”

  好吧!松手了!

  反正上帝不管了,我还管什么?

  让蜗牛往前爬,我在后面生闷气。

  咦?我闻到花香,原来这边还有个花园,

  我感到微风,原来夜里的微风这么温柔。

  慢着!我听到鸟叫,我听到虫鸣。

  我看到满天的星斗多亮丽!

  咦?我以前怎么没有这般细腻的体会?

  我忽然想起来了,莫非我错了?

  是上帝叫一只蜗牛牵我去散步。

全文讲述了一个诗化的故事:上帝派给""一个任务,让我带着一只蜗牛去散步。虽然蜗牛已经尽力的在走,可""总是嫌它走的慢,催促它、吓唬它、责备它,甚至最后要放弃它。可是忽然""闻到了花香、听见了虫鸣、感受到了微风以及满天星辰的美。""恍然大悟,原来是上帝让蜗牛带着我去散步。

  教育孩子就像牵着一只蜗牛在散步。和孩子一起走过他孩提时代和青春岁月,虽然也有被气疯和失去耐心的时候,然而,孩子却在不知不觉中向我们展示了生命中最初最美好的一面。孩子的眼光是率真的,孩子的视角是独特的,家长又何妨放慢脚步,把自己主观的想法放在一边,陪着孩子静静体味生活的滋味,倾听孩子内心声音在俗世的回响,给自己留一点时间,从没完没了的生活里探出头,这其中成就的,何止是孩子。

作为妈妈的我们,是孩子学习良师、陪伴孩子的益友,我们要多理解孩子们。所有父母都希望自己的孩子能成龙成凤,于是就给孩子稚嫩的肩膀不断地施压,催促他们努力向前。孩子们慢慢的努力,尽力的学习,但只要没达到家长的要求,那么得到的就不是认可和鼓励,而是斥责和责骂。一味地催促他们向前!向前!却没有看到他们幼小的心灵早已满是伤痕、默默的早已泪流满面。

我总是提醒自己,不要让Andy成为“别人家小孩”,只希望他成为坐在路边鼓掌的孩子就可以了。很多妈妈本意也不想让小孩太累,但是周围的环境如此,别人在报补习班、特长班,心里难免会挣扎。我没法保证我以后不随大流,但是我要坚定这颗心,时刻提醒自己让自己孩子成为一个平凡但快乐的小孩的初衷。



 


 

 

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